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Archaic a type of fine woollen fabric
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A human may "say" things to a computer by typing them on a
terminal. "To list a directory verbosely, say "ls -l"."
Tends to imply a newline-terminated command (a "sentence").
A computer may "say" things to you, even if it doesn't have a speech synthesiser, by displaying them on a terminal in response to your commands. This usage often confuses mundanes.
A computer may "say" things to you, even if it doesn't have a speech synthesiser, by displaying them on a terminal in response to your commands. This usage often confuses mundanes.
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